Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will next month resume servicing 390 housing stands in Magwegwe West, following the resolution of a long-running dispute that stalled the project and delayed beneficiaries from developing their properties. The Magwegwe West housing project was affected by a dispute between the city and the contractor responsible…
Tapiwa Chirume THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed US$175.5 million to road authorities, funding major maintenance and rehabilitation projects nationwide. The disbursement, equivalent to ZWG4.6 billion, represents 47.1 percent of the country’s approved ZWG9.8 billion (US$363 million) 2026 road maintenance budget, with authorities now expected to ramp up works during the second half…
Tapiwa Chirume LOCAL council authorities will shoot stray dogs on sight during a month-long crackdown to curb rising rabies threats and dog-bite incidents. The enforcement exercise, which runs from August 17 to September 18, would be carried out in conjunction with the Department of Veterinary Field Services under a dog tie-up order. Plumtree Town Council…
CHIEF WRITER THE cold spell sweeping across neighbouring South Africa will likely spill into the country this week, bringing wet conditions and a notable drop in temperatures to Zimbabwe’s southern regions. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Meteorological Services Department (MSD) spokesperson Isaac Masawana said the northern region of the country would mostly escape the…
DAKARAI MASHAVA Assistant Editor FOR many, chimurenga music legend Thomas ‘Mukanya’ Mapfumo is the greatest Zimbabwean musician who ever walked the earth….
CLOUD FUSIRE DIVISION One side Hwange pulled off one of the biggest giant-killing acts in recent cup history after dumping Dynamos — Zimbabwe’s most decorated club — out of the Munhumutapa Challenge Cup in the Round of 32. Morestaff Ncube was the hero for Hwange FC as they pulled off the stunning 1-0 victory over…
ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS AS THE country prepares to observe Heroes Day tomorrow, the nation will once again honour those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the liberation struggle. While the spotlight traditionally falls on the men and women who fought on the battlefield, another group of national heroes will also be remembered — artistes whose most…
HISTORICALLY, young people have been at the heart of African political transformation.From anti-colonial struggles to the push for independence, youth were not simply participants, but drivers of political change, often mobilised as the energy behind nationalist movements.In Zimbabwe, as elsewhere on the continent, this legacy continues to shape political rhetoric. Youth are regularly invoked as…
KUDZAI GEREDE OLD Mutual Limited has officially migrated its secondary listing from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), restoring liquidity for more than 30 000 local shareholders.The migration ends a six-year trading freeze on the insurer’s shares and signals growing confidence in VFEX as Zimbabwe’s alternative US dollar-denominated capital…
BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE United Kingdom (UK) has urged local producers of horticulture products to meet international standards and maintain consistent export volumes to strengthen Zimbabwe’s growing presence on the UK market. Speaking during the Zim-UK Business Chamber indaba in Harare on Friday, the Head of Trade and Investment at the British Embassy, Stuart Oxenford, said…
